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Small businesses are prime cybercrime targets, and getting more of them to share cyberthreat
data with the government boosts the security of all industries, lawmakers said at
a Jan. 30 House hearing.

Small businesses generally have fewer financial and human resources and technical
know-how to help mitigate cyberthreats and participate in cybersecurity information
threat programs, lawmakers and witnesses said at a House Small Business Committee
hearing. Threat sharing allows companies to exchange information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities
and potential attacks with the government, industry groups, and each other. Shared
data can be used to prevent large-scale cyberattacks and to alert companies of potential
technology vulnerabilities before hackers can exploit them.

Lawmakers want to ensure that small businesses have the necessary resources and enough
trust in government cyberthreat information sharing programs by providing direct liability
protections and encouraging participation in small business development centers that
interact with important government agencies, such as the FBI and DHS.

It is imperative for small companies to participate in cyberthreat information sharing
programs because 40 percent of all cyberattacks are against small businesses, Ranking
Member Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) said in her opening statement. A small business is
defined by the Small Business Administration as a company that employs fewer than
500 people. There are over 28 million small businesses in the U.S., which employ over
50 percent of the workforce, according to the SBA.

Small businesses face the same cybersecurity threats as larger companies, but aren’t
as equipped to face those threats, Richard Driggers, deputy assistant secretary at
the Department of Homeland Security Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, testified
at the hearing.

Small business is “under prepared” for cyberattacks, Howard Marshall, deputy assistant
director in the FBI’s Cyber Division, told lawmakers.

The government can help small business get necessary cyberthreat information and the
capabilities and resources to participate in information sharing programs, lawmakers
and U.S. officials said.

Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) said at the hearing that the bipartisan Small
Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (
H.R. 4668), which he introduced, would help small business regain trust in the government cyberthreat
information sharing program and reduce barriers for the companies to share more of
such data.

The bill would designate small business development centers as the main contact for
cyberthreat sharing; provide small businesses with liability protections under the
2015 Cyberthreat Information Sharing Act (CISA); and ensure that agency policy for
information sharing doesn’t unfairly burden small businesses. Velazquez cosponsored
the legislation.

Small businesses may not be sharing information with the government because they either
don’t trust the process or are unsure what legal and data security protections they
have when turning over cyberthreat data, lawmakers said.

Small businesses need to share cyberthreat data and “work with the government, not
fear it,” Chabot said at the hearing.

The committee hasn’t scheduled a markup of the bill. There is no companion legislation
in the Senate.

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